Sorry my english is not good !!!
I was setup Sim card lock on my Galaxy s2. If in Ginger Bread, After turn on my phone. It will ask the code for have signal. But on ICS, it not ask. I tried all rom to now. (LPQ, LPJ.......). Why?
Thanks for help!!
In ICS roms did you check in settings/security?
078gregory said:
In ICS roms did you check in settings/security?
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I checked. but it not ask the pass code. I don't want remove it.
laithaiphu said:
I checked. but it not ask the pass code. I don't want remove it.
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You're talking about the screen lock pattern / PIN / Password / whatever?
Have a look here.
No. I mean is SIM LOCK. When remove my sim and insert to another device. It will need password to unlock. If no. Can not call or sms
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Hey,
I'm actually having both the problems described in this thread, and the one that was linked above. When I updated to ICS (official upgrade), my phone became slow, and jerky. On top of that the lock screen is no where to be seen, the phone shuts down without question if I press the power button, and the PIN code wasn't asked ever. I didn't even get calls going out before I figured out that it was possible to permanently unlock the SIM, but I really don't like the idea of that.
Being the fiddler that I am, I of course had to start flashing XDA created ROMs instead, but nothing has helped so far. I haven't tried to modify the /efs/imei/keystr file yet as I don't have my phone here at the moment... but does anyone know what that is supposed to do?
What I've done that doesn't help the situation:
* Flashed the whole phone again with heimdall and the LPQ firmware.
* Installed Darky's LPQ based ROM
* Formatted everything I could see in CWM
* Factory reset and factory format (seems to do the same thing actually)
* probably more.
As a side note, if I downgrade to gingerbread, the lockscreen, SIM unlock and power button menu return but if I then upgrade again, I have the same situation. I'm baffled.
nrgizer said:
Hey,
I'm actually having both the problems described in this thread, and the one that was linked above. When I updated to ICS (official upgrade), my phone became slow, and jerky. On top of that the lock screen is no where to be seen, the phone shuts down without question if I press the power button, and the PIN code wasn't asked ever. I didn't even get calls going out before I figured out that it was possible to permanently unlock the SIM, but I really don't like the idea of that.
Being the fiddler that I am, I of course had to start flashing XDA created ROMs instead, but nothing has helped so far. I haven't tried to modify the /efs/imei/keystr file yet as I don't have my phone here at the moment... but does anyone know what that is supposed to do?
What I've done that doesn't help the situation:
* Flashed the whole phone again with heimdall and the LPQ firmware.
* Installed Darky's LPQ based ROM
* Formatted everything I could see in CWM
* Factory reset and factory format (seems to do the same thing actually)
* probably more.
As a side note, if I downgrade to gingerbread, the lockscreen, SIM unlock and power button menu return but if I then upgrade again, I have the same situation. I'm baffled.
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The keystr file maps the power and home buttons, I believe. Give it a shot, should solve your problem.
ctomgee said:
You're talking about the screen lock pattern / PIN / Password / whatever?
Have a look here.
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OK. Confirmed. Inserting that "ON" fixed everything for me. Thanks a bunch!
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laithaiphu said:
No. I mean is SIM LOCK. When remove my sim and insert to another device. It will need password to unlock. If no. Can not call or sms
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Thus, "whatever". Try what is contained within my link, if you're rooted. Should solve your problem. Or just ignore my suggestion again. Makes no difference to me.
See here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23636941#post23636941) for someone who was reporting the exact same problem as you, and that fixed their problem.
EDIT: oh look, the guy above had the same problem too, and this helped him.
Thanks everybody. I will try some solution. Or waitting for newer ROM.
laithaiphu said:
Thanks everybody. I will try some solution. Or waitting for newer ROM.
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"some" solution? I gave you the solution. I can really only lead you to water, I guess. Up to you to actually drink it.
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Received a brand new Ace yesterday, and immediately rooted it with super one click with no problems.
However I then tried to run the 'Galaxy Ace Unlock apk' which I'd found elsewhere.
It generated an unlock pin, but after rebooting it stuck on the Galaxy Ace flash screen. After 5 minutes I pulled the battery out, waited, then rebooted. Now it doesn't even get to the Galaxy Ace screen when switched on.
The screen backlight comes on (with a black screen) for a couple of seconds, then off, then on - but it never gets any further.
So far I've tried
- Flashing Stock Froyo via Odin
- Flashing VillainRom via Odin
In both cases the phone enters download mode, Odin completes all steps without error, but on reboot I am left with the black screen of death again!
Anything else I could try?
I have the same problem.
Have you found a solution?
zongamin said:
Received a brand new Ace yesterday, and immediately rooted it with super one click with no problems.
However I then tried to run the 'Galaxy Ace Unlock apk' which I'd found elsewhere.
It generated an unlock pin, but after rebooting it stuck on the Galaxy Ace flash screen. After 5 minutes I pulled the battery out, waited, then rebooted. Now it doesn't even get to the Galaxy Ace screen when switched on.
The screen backlight comes on (with a black screen) for a couple of seconds, then off, then on - but it never gets any further.
So far I've tried
- Flashing Stock Froyo via Odin
- Flashing VillainRom via Odin
In both cases the phone enters download mode, Odin completes all steps without error, but on reboot I am left with the black screen of death again!
Anything else I could try?
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Hey!
Dose you RESET FACTORY SETTINGS and FORMAT CACHE in recovery, before flashing with ODIN?
CHEERS!
Did the light lit when you entered the download mode? That's the indicator.
I got the same proble, tried several firmwares with odin but, when the phone reboots it starts flashing again
Hey!
You all, try THIS one.
CHEERS!
casiocas said:
Hey!
You all, try THIS one.
CHEERS!
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I tried it, several times with different firmwares but it doesn´t do anything. The phone, when rebooting with odin, keeps flashing the black screen
moe_szislack said:
I tried it, several times with different firmwares but it doesn´t do anything. The phone, when rebooting with odin, keeps flashing the black screen
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Hey!
Just wanted to ask, FROM WHERE you downloaded you UNLOCK soft. Can you give me the link? PLEASE!
CHEERS!
casiocas said:
Hey!
Just wanted to ask, FROM WHERE you downloaded you UNLOCK soft. Can you give me the link? PLEASE!
CHEERS!
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Sorry if it sound rude, it wasn´t my intention.
I download the soft form samfirmwares.com.
Cheers
moe_szislack said:
Sorry if it sound rude, it wasn´t my intention.
I download the soft form samfirmwares.com.
Cheers
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Ok, I get. But SORRY, then I cant help. You must contact then, from where you downloaded it.
Just I hope you get fixed your phone(If you most take it to SERVICE, try to explain them that you tryed RESET FACTORY SETTINGS. It work for several ppl-s here, who must take his phone to SERVICE). Just be 10 times SURE, that you cant flash or recovery you phone, or they can do the same and see that your phone WAS ROOTED or FLASHED the CUSTOM ROM(JUST BE SURE, THEY CANT ACCESS YOU PHONE or you lose you WARRANTY).
I hope all ENDS good! Fingers crossed for you phone!!!
CHEERS!
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Ok, I get. But SORRY, then I cant help. You must contact then, from where you downloaded it.
Just I hope you get fixed your phone(If you most take it to SERVICE, try to explain them that you tryed RESET FACTORY SETTINGS. It work for several ppl-s here, who must take his phone to SERVICE). Just be 10 times SURE, that you cant flash or recovery you phone, or they can do the same and see that your phone WAS ROOTED or FLASHED the CUSTOM ROM(JUST BE SURE, THEY CANT ACCESS YOU PHONE or you lose you WARRANTY).
I hope all ENDS good! Fingers crossed for you phone!!!
CHEERS!
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I forgot to say that I put a sim card (from other country) inside the ACE to check if it was unlocked.
Can it be the problem?
moe_szislack said:
I forgot to say that I put a sim card (from other country) inside the ACE to check if it was unlocked.
Can it be the problem?
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Hey!
I want to help you, REALLY, but a bout that queation, I CANT ANSWER, RIGHT NOW. DONT KNOW EXACTLY. SORRY!
I try to find answers tomorrow(we have here 23:27). Tomorrow to work.
CHEERS!
casiocas said:
Hey!
I want to help you, REALLY, but a bout that queation, I CANT ANSWER, RIGHT NOW. DONT KNOW EXACTLY. SORRY!
I try to find answers tomorrow(we have here 23:27). Tomorrow to work.
CHEERS!
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Ok, Thank you
Need help screen just flashes and blinks..
Tried multiple rom flashes...odin says pass but the ph doesn't boot up
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misterio_mr111 said:
Need help screen just flashes and blinks..
Tried multiple rom flashes...odin says pass but the ph doesn't boot up
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The same thing happens to me, Anybody has any idea?
Just send it to the service center.
No other recovery method is know.
I have been in every forum arond for this kinda brick and there is no solution for YOU to do. Also there is absolutely no way for Samsung to see either say that after the first boot the battery went dead and it never started again. It will be covered by your warranty and brand new ace! Now dont go making stupid mistakes again hope i helped
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Apk/sim bricked my phone.
Unlock Apk also bricked my phone in the same manner.
The app generating the code is not the problem on it's own, it's when you put the "other" Sim card in and reboot that does the damage.
I got a buzz when i could still get Download Mode and Odin gave me a PASS when i reflashed, but alas the phone never rebooted and it still flashed black at me.
I'm trying everything to bring it back to life before it goes to the Service Centre and i have to give them some blag as to why it's bricked.
Other than Download Mode i can get "Emergency Dload Mode"(ARM9) & RAMDUMP.
BLZBud said:
Unlock Apk also bricked my phone in the same manner.
The app generating the code is not the problem on it's own, it's when you put the "other" Sim card in and reboot that does the damage.
I got a buzz when i could still get Download Mode and Odin gave me a PASS when i reflashed, but alas the phone never rebooted and it still flashed black at me.
I'm trying everything to bring it back to life before it goes to the Service Centre and i have to give them some blag as to why it's bricked.
Other than Download Mode i can get "Emergency Dload Mode"(ARM9) & RAMDUMP.
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I got the same problem and still nobody has found how to unbrick the phone.
I´ll keep searching
moe_szislack said:
I got the same problem and still nobody has found how to unbrick the phone.
I´ll keep searching
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Even Samsung don't have an easy way to repair it, hence they replace the mainboard to fix the issue.
Hi,
I have a problem with my Galaxy SII. But first a little background: I bought it used, the guy i bought if from said the OS is broken, because it requested password to unlock the screen, even when he never set up one (he just installed custom OS and it happened). It was a little weird, that it unlocked itself when I pressed a menu button couple of times. So, the first thing i did was wipe all data and settings, but it didn't helped. Than I installed different karnel and ROM, but it only made things worse: now there is no chance of unlocking it (repetitive pressing menu button does not help any more). So I installed a new karnel/ ROM AGAIN, and it's all the same. Any ideas how to fix it?
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Sorry, if post is posted in wrong category, but i thought Q&A was most appropriate..
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Hi,
I have a problem with my Galaxy SII. But first a little background: I bought it used, the guy i bought if from said the OS is broken, because it requested password to unlock the screen, even when he never set up one (he just installed custom OS and it happened). It was a little weird, that it unlocked itself when I pressed a menu button couple of times. So, the first thing i did was wipe all data and settings, but it didn't helped. Than I installed different karnel and ROM, but it only made things worse: now there is no chance of unlocking it (repetitive pressing menu button does not help any more). So I installed a new karnel/ ROM AGAIN, and it's all the same. Any ideas how to fix it?
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Sorry, if post is posted in wrong category, but i thought Q&A was most appropriate..
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switch off the phone.. go to download mode.. and flash a stock firmware via odin..you will be good to go again!
hit the thanks button if i helped you
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I dont think the OS was broken as passwords dont just make themselves by accident.I think maybe it was found or stolen(no harm intended).As for the home button i would imagine it was because the ROM installed had the Double-Click funtion set.Best option is to format System/Data/Cache and flash a stock F/W and hope all goes well.Sometimes a password cant be changed if dont know what it is....even after a flash but I hope it all goes well anyway.
EDIT:After the stock F/W,flash a full wipe ROM also to make sure it gets a good clean up.
Problem solved, thank you.
The soft keys light stay on how many time?
For quite a awhile.... I'd say well over a minute and I checked in the display settings and nothing, it's not set to "on all the time".
Just powered off again, I'm gonna guess that it'll stay on until I pull the battery out.... brutal. Maybe I got screwed in buying the phone.
That's not right, take the battery out, run it down and recharge it. Turn off the soft key lights in settings and if that's the only problem then you can just live with them always off.
If you really want them though, if you just bought it you can always take it back and explain the problem to a samsung shop, get it fixed. But it sounds software based, so flashing a new ROM would probably fix it, don't know if you want to do that though.
Well, with the option to turn off the soft keys permanently it just hangs there.
Whether I'm shutting it down or restarting, nothing happens.
Restart just a black screen, lights on when the option is on and black screen when I turn off soft key lights.
I think they put ICS on it, version 4.0.3 and updated maybe via the carrier?
Not sure if it was via a ROM.
Baseband - T989DTLLE4
Kernel version [email protected]#1
Build number IML74K.TLLE4
koooba said:
Well, with the option to turn off the soft keys permanently it just hangs there.
Whether I'm shutting it down or restarting, nothing happens.
Restart just a black screen, lights on when the option is on and black screen when I turn off soft key lights.
I think they put ICS on it, version 4.0.3 and updated maybe via the carrier?
Not sure if it was via a ROM.
Baseband - T989DTLLE4
Kernel version [email protected]#1
Build number IML74K.TLLE4
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You have an SGH-T989. You should go to the T989 forums. This is the forums for the i9100, a different model of the Galaxy S2.
Try to wipe all ( MAKE BACKUP ! ) and install the latest firmware.
sangosnip69 said:
Try to wipe all ( MAKE BACKUP ! ) and install the latest firmware.
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OP, if you choose to follow this advice (which actually isn't bad advice, provided you use the proper firmware for your device) just make sure you use a firmware for the SGH-T989. (I linked you to the proper forum above)
DO NOT use any firmwares kernels or ROMs from this forum, as they are all firmwares kernels and ROMs for the I9100, which again, is a different device.
Unless, of course, your actually WANT to brick your device. If it seems I'm stressing the correct device model thing a bit too much, it's because I see tons of people who do just this.
No, no, I'll DEFINITELY use the right/proper ROMS, thanks for pointing out I was in the wrong area, definitely appreciate that.
Now by wiping all, do you guys mean to go into the menu and do a factory reset?
That'll mean I'll end up looking the phone, won't I?
Not sure how to approach this as it seems to be running ICS and I don't want to run the risk of screwing things up more so.
koooba said:
No, no, I'll DEFINITELY use the right/proper ROMS, thanks for pointing out I was in the wrong area, definitely appreciate that.
Now by wiping all, do you guys mean to go into the menu and do a factory reset?
That'll mean I'll end up looking the phone, won't I?
Not sure how to approach this as it seems to be running ICS and I don't want to run the risk of screwing things up more so.
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If by "looking" you meant "locking", no. Factory reset just wipes the /data partition
I have a ploblema that flashing stock roms I can not lock the phone. not leave the lock screen and follow the complete steps .. I have flashed several times and nothing
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jees16 said:
I have a ploblema that flashing stock roms I can not lock the phone. not leave the lock screen and follow the complete steps .. I have flashed several times and nothing
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What's did you mean by you can't lock the phone?
Were you trying to say that "your lockscreen is missing even after flashing so many ROMs"?
Jokesy said:
What's did you mean by you can't lock the phone?
Were you trying to say that "your lockscreen is missing even after flashing so many ROMs"?
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what I meant is that the phone is not locked to squeeze the lock button to turn off the screen and turn it back precionar but does not leave the lock screen, I have tried placing it in pattern but still the same .. and if I let down the lock button turns off quickly without leaving the box if you want to restart etc
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what I meant is that the phone is not locked to squeeze the lock button to turn off the screen and turn it back precionar but does not leave the lock screen, I have tried placing it in pattern but still the same .. and if I let down the lock button turns off quickly without leaving the box if you want to restart etc
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post a picture of what the problem is. Your English confuses me
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post a picture of what the problem is. Your English confuses me
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I think he's saying that when pressing the power button to lock, then unlock, the lockscreen doesn't come up, but just unlocks the phone, and when he long presses power, it just shuts off the phone instead of presenting the power button menu.
OP, am I right?
If so, then you need to root your phone, create a file in /efs/imei called keystr, that contains the word ON, and set its permissions to rw-r--r--. There are a few different ways to do this.
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I think he's saying that when pressing the power button to lock, then unlock, the lockscreen doesn't come up, but just unlocks the phone, and when he long presses power, it just shuts off the phone instead of presenting the power button menu.
OP, am I right?
If so, then you need to root your phone, create a file in /efs/imei called keystr, that contains the word ON, and set its permissions to rw-r--r--. There are a few different ways to do this.
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Hi, that's exactly my problem after I used Odin to update my SS2 I9100G from Gingerbread to ICS 4.0.4. Can you please give me more details as to how to do this exactly? I have never rooted my phone so I don't know much.
Thanks a lot!!
chuotnhoc2003 said:
Hi, that's exactly my problem after I used Odin to update my SS2 I9100G from Gingerbread to ICS 4.0.4. Can you please give me more details as to how to do this exactly? I have never rooted my phone so I don't know much.
Thanks a lot!!
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If you are using a custom rom like cm I got rid of that problem when I flashed gapps.zip.
Edit : You haven't rooted huh? It's easy just like flashing a stock rom, just search, there are several guides regarding this matter.
Using GT - I9100
I thank those who give helpful comments
I expect the same from others.
king_below_my_lord said:
If you are using a custom rom like cm I got rid of that problem when I flashed gapps.zip
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Worked like a charm. Thanks
I have this strange but extremely irritating problem:
I Have this unique problem with my HTC Amaze phone; freezes and the screen become unresponsive, works by itself (open apps, close them, moves from one screen to other and zooms in/out on webpages without touching it).
Can someone advise how to fix it.
Advise - I'd say for starters you'll need to provide some more information. What ROM are you running? Rooted? S-ON/S-OFF? Recovery? The more info you provide, the better to help you solve the issue.
It sounds like something is making the screen freeze ie it has to little ram. The rest is probably delayed user input. It is knows how you have touched after the freeze and tries to carry out the commands later.
if your having issues with a custom rom, id suggest just wiping everything and flashing it over.. either that or see if anyone else on that rom has posted similar issues.. but overall sounds like the rom wasn't flashed properly...
I'm a Novice so I wont know if its rooted or which ROM it is. I got it from T-Mobile US and got the unlock code from them and unlocked it. Now I'm using it on Vodafone and it works fine but it does some time gives this issue. All I do to fix it (temp) is that I lock the phone and then unlock it using the power button.
How can I find all those info's that you have asked for?
vinniej said:
Advise - I'd say for starters you'll need to provide some more information. What ROM are you running? Rooted? S-ON/S-OFF? Recovery? The more info you provide, the better to help you solve the issue.
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san100tu said:
I'm a Novice so I wont know if its rooted or which ROM it is. I got it from T-Mobile US and got the unlock code from them and unlocked it. Now I'm using it on Vodafone and it works fine but it does some time gives this issue. All I do to fix it (temp) is that I lock the phone and then unlock it using the power button.
How can I find all those info's that you have asked for?
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if you haven't done anything to the phone... aka "unlocking bootloader, rooting, flashing custom recovery, s-off" if your phone is "STOCK" like how you bought it from the company and its giving you issues.. id suggest doing a factory reset of the phone from the settings menu.. if that doesn't work take it back to the company and explain to them that the phone is having issues.. because to me it doesn't sound like you did anything to the phone at all